Mini re-fit

Life has been so hectic of late that I haven't had the chance to get away in Heidi so I have taken the opportunity to do a little 'tweaking' of her facilities so they are more to my liking.

The interior of the Van is deep red/burgundy and although replacing the curtains for something lighter, the interior furniture is deep mahogany so still a little too dark for me. The main Kitchen unit was also ill fitting and didn't make best use of the space - leaving the water carriers exposed and liable to sliding whilst on the move.

So I set about finding a solution - coming up with the idea that maybe TV/video cupboard at Ikea would do the job. Unfortunately, the finished height would have been too big for the space without obscuring to much window space.

Whilst comparing furniture measurements I noticed that traditional sideboards seemed to have the dimensions I needed as they are not as deep as most other units.

After much looking in shops, searching on the interweb and going everywhere with a measuring tape I came across the perfect sideboard in a small shop in Bulwell.

It fits perfectly in place with 1cm to spare

So a hole for the sink had to be cut - with many thanks to Roger for such a lovely finish (this turned into a 3 day job as the tools needed had been 'borrowed' by our respective children and not returned)!

Then the electrics had to be reconnected after extending the wire to accommodate the sink being at the other end of the new unit

During the rewiring we managed to blow a fuse! A frantic search then ensued for the said fuse which wasn't where it should be. This in turn made me realise that I didn't know where the battery was - having found it at last (took about 20 minutes to locate) the very small offending fuse was located and replaced!